Fiesta MK4 pulling hard to left

Nov 15, 2003 9 Replies
J

Hi



I have just driven my girlfriends car and it seems to be pulling really hard to the left hand side



its a ford fiesta mk 4 1.25 zetec with no power steering



you can drive it in a straight line but you can feel it pulling quite strongly. turning right is a big effort whereas turning left is really easy



I have checked tyre pressures, and the car can be pushed with hand brake off so it dosent seem to be brake sticking. I thought it may be the universal steering joint but i thought that if that got seized it would be hard to turn the car in either direction



does anybody have any ideas please as to what is causing it



thanks


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T

Most likely a bent TCA on the nearside- these are quite quite bendable (they're designed to be) and even mild curbing will bend em.

Tim..

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T

Track control arm. Lower wishbone, the assembly that bolts to the bottom of the wheel hub via a ball joint, is triangluar in shape and has two bushes + bolts where the other end attaches to the vehicle body.

Tim..

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D

All Fiesta Zetecs got PAS, perhaps a few 1.25 Encores didn't get it, but when Ford introduced the Zetec as a replacement for the Si, PAS was a selling point . . .

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B

My mate has a non encore 1.25 Zetec with no PAS

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D

Blimey. I've learnt something today.

Now the 1.25 is a cracking engine for hooning, so why give it the 4.5 turns lock-to-lock steering? :(

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D

I've no idea, but my mate's mum's 1.25 Fiesta (I'm fairly sure it's a 1.25) has no PAS.

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B

I drove it and its not too bad actually although a little snappy on the steering - but then again im used to PAS - would never go back now! I hate the way the steering gets heavier as you slow down with non-PAS!!

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